Lot 156
  • 156

Chapman, George; Jonson, Ben; Marston, John

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Eastward Hoe. As It was playd in the Black-friers. By The Children of her Majesties Revels. London: Printed [by G. Elde] for William Aspley, 1605
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4to (7 x 5 in.; 177 x 127 mm). Woodcut double-volute ornament on title; worm tracks and punctures in text block thoughout, bottom margin trimmed affecting some catchwords and touching a few last lines. Nineteenth-century black half morocco gilt; joints cracked, edges rubbed.

Provenance

acquisition: Stechert-Hafner (before 1966)

Literature

STC 4973; ESTC S107964; Greg 217(c); see Pforzheimer 149 note

Condition

worm tracks and punctures in text block thoughout, bottom margin trimmed affecting some catchwords and touching a few last lines. Nineteenth-century black half morocco gilt; joints cracked, edges rubbed.
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Catalogue Note

Third edition, with line 5 of the "Prologue" on the title verso reading "opposd." Rare in the trade, only two copies have sold at auction since 1976.